When the Cannibal Tribe's Hunting Team first returned, it sent more than three thousand people to transport the prey. However, they were not merely transporting it. They knew they would have to bring even more people next time, and those people would certainly need to eat on the way. They could not deliver the prey and then haul it back again, so they buried quite a lot of prey in the snow along the route as halfway provisions. At the same time, the supply points they had prepared were recorded by the Shence Guard scouts who had been monitoring them all along.
Qu Bing therefore judged that the enemy would definitely head south along those supply points, and would camp overnight at one of them. All they had to do was calculate where the enemy would camp based on their speed.
Two days later, while the Cannibal Tribe was heading south, Qu Bing led the main force ahead of them to the vicinity of their next campsite. He concealed all his troops in a small valley, where there was a modest natural cave. Although it could not fit all six thousand-plus people, they could cook inside it and prepare some hot food for everyone. In weather this cold, living on dry rations alone could cost them their lives.
Toward evening, Qu Bing and You Ye were warming themselves by a fire in the Temporary Camp when a scout from the front came running over.
"Commander, the enemy's here." The scout immediately reported when he saw Qu Bing.
"They're here? At that supply point?" Qu Bing asked at once.
"Yes, it's the exact place you mentioned. They're still about half an hour from the supply point. It'll be dark in half an hour, so they'll definitely spend the night there. I